Too many contractors focus on external lead generation and media planning as the primary means of success in marketing, or as a silver bullet to solving profitability problems. The key is there are 3 areas, and this area we are discussing is operational business processes, and how they effect and affect a customer relationship – both the good and the bad. We discuss the need and process of identifying operating practices that are consumer unfriendly and how to generate a marketing plan that includes all aspects of the brand experience.